It Was She Who Wanted It!

It Was She Who Wanted It! (Italian: Era lei che lo voleva!) is a 1953 Italian comedy film directed by Marino Girolami and starring Walter Chiari, Lucia Bosè and Carlo Campanini. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alberto Boccianti. It involves the emotional bickering between a psychiatrist and a rather brusque boxer.

It Was She Who Wanted It!
Directed by	Marino Girolami
Written by	Marcello Marchesi Vittorio Metz
Produced by	Isidoro Broggi
Starring	Walter Chiari Lucia Bosè Carlo Campanini
Cinematography	Riccardo Pallottini
Edited by	Franco Fraticelli
Music by	Giovanni D'Anzi Vittorio Mascheroni
Production company	Excelsa Film
Distributed by	Minerva Film
Release date	1 April 1953
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Plot

After seeing the famous Dinamite boxer in a sports magazine, a girl has visions, seeing in every person she meets the face of the boxer. Her doctor manages to remind her of having met him in a fleeting and unpleasant occasion, but concludes that the visions are the result of her unconscious love for the boxer.

Cast

• Walter Chiari as Walter Martini
• Lucia Bosé as Nausicaa
• Carlo Campanini as Antonio
• Jone Morino as Donna Eva
• Giuseppe Porelli as Comm. Invernaghi
• Carmen de Lirio as Carmen
• Mario Ruspoli as The Cousin Raoul
• Belle Tildy as The Maid at Invernaghi's
• Giovanni D'Anzi as Kid Tartufi
• Rolf Tasna as Dr Rossi
• Enzo Fiermonte as a Puglie
• Ettore Bevilacqua as Galba
• Aldo Spoldi as Franco
• Tiberio Mitri as The Boxer Raoul
• Egisto Peire as Self
• Leone Jacovacci as The Punch-Drunk Boxer
• Carlo Orlandi as Boxer Guest at the Wedding Breakfast

Bibliography

• Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto & Lancia, Enrico. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991.
• Hennessey, Brendan. Luchino Visconti and the Alchemy of Adaptation. State University of New York Press, 2021.

External links

• It Was She Who Wanted It! at IMDb